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J. W. HARRISON.

WAGONSPRING.

n Patented Apr. 18.11882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- vJONATHAN W. HARRISON, OF WAYNE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO ORANGE BUTLER, OF SAME PLAGE.

WAGON-SPRiNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,564, dated April 18, 1882.

Application filed September 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, J ONATHANW.HARRISON, of Wayne, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to cer- 'tain new and useful improvements in the construction of wagons, and particularly relates to the peculiar construction of a bolster-sprin for supporting the body.

,Figure l is a sectional perspective, showing a wagon bolster provided with my improved spring. Fig.2isaverticalcross section through one of the saddles and its springs.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specilication, A represents a wagonbolster of the ordinary construction'.

B represents saddles or yokes, which are de signed tostraddleihebolster,asshowninFig.1, and the legs ot' which are recessed to receive the springs G. E are pins, the lower ends of which rest upon the top ot' the springs, as shown," while their upper ends are connected together in pairs by the bars G, and upon these bars the bed-plate D is laid, and secured, it' d'esired, to the end yokes, while the intermediate bars may be left loose or be likewise scoured to the bed-plate. By this construction,

I provide a cheap and effective spring for sup- 3o porting the body or box, while I can readily increase their number, as may be desired, by merely slipping in one or more yokes with springs, as the circumstances may require.

It will also be seen that by providing suit- 35 able hooks upon the saddles or yokes, so as to hang them upon the edge of the box, the de. vice may be employed as a seat-spring.

Iam aware th atitisnotnew to provide holsters with saddles having sockets from which pro- 4o ject springs for supporting a wagon-body, and therefore I do not claim such invention.

What I claim as my invention is- The saddles or yokes B, constructed to straddle the bolster, and provided with sockets on 45 each side ot' said bolster, in combination with the spiral springs C, the bed-plate D, and the pins E, secured at their upper ends to the bedplate, said pins being constructed to closely tit thesaddlc-sockets, and provided with studs 5o to t inside of the springs, as and for the purpose specified.

JONATHAN W. HARRISON.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPEAGUE, CHARLES J. HUNT. 

